My morning walk to the island’s South Beach to snorkel had two delightful surprises of a large grey heron and a white-breasted waterhen! I later learned the white-breasted waterhen is the national bird of the Maldives! A funny selfie that I didn’t know I took of myself as I checked out the temperature of the…
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Maldives Baby! Kandoomaa Fushi Island, South Malé Atoll – Day 3 – Shark Feeding & A Beautiful Sunset!
After an amazing day, it was time to settle in for sunset and some dinner! But first, there was the once-a-week shark feeding! Blacktip and whitetip reef sharks were the regular attendees! What were the sharks being fed? Big chunks of raw beef! My pictures are grainy because I was taking them with my iPhone,…
Maldives Baby! Kandoomaa Fushi Island, South Malé Atoll – Day 3 – A Pod of Spinner Dolphins!
This was TOTALLY UNEXPECTED!!!! After snorkeling with sea turtles then snorkeling at another reef, we began our return ride back to the island…when we suddenly came across a pod of spinner dolphins!!!!! Bee, our guide couldn’t believe our good fortune as people pay for dolphin tours – and sometimes never get to see them!!! When…
Maldives Baby! Kandooma Fushi Island, South Malé Atoll – Day 3 – Coral Reef Snorkeling
After snorkeling with sea turtles, we crawled back on the boat to go to another reef to check out coral reef fish. We dropped the hook, and jumped back in! The only rule – don’t touch the coral! Maldive lobsters! Many coral reef fish! The water was murky, from recent rains, but the fish were…
Maldives Baby! Kandooma Fushi Island, South Malé Atoll – Day 3 – Snorkeling With Sea Turtles
This was an exciting boat ride to two locations! First, to snorkel with sea turtles at Turtle Point; second to snorkel along a reef. The water visibility wasn’t so great because of recent rains, but hey! Who cares! Sea turtles! The turtles were difficult to spot, as they camaflauge so well with their environment. But,…
Maldives Baby! Kandooma Fushi Island, South Malé Atoll – Day 2 – Surfers & Holy Bats, Man!!
This was a lazy day! Morning started out with coffee and blogging on the deck! Later was a snorkel at South Beach…but the current was SO strong, it was impossible! Back at the villa, we changed from our swim suits and snorkeling gear to shorts and a t-shirt to walk the island! The skies started…
Maldives Baby! Kandooma Fushi Island, South Malé Atoll – Day I – Our First Snorkel!
Supplied with free snorkeling gear from the hotel, we headed to the South Beach to snorkel!! The water was actually cool! I was shocked! As well, visibility was poor because of the recent rains. The best snorkeling, we were told, was near and under the overwater villas. However, the current there was strong – making…
Maldives Baby! Kandooma Fushi Island, South Malé Atoll – Day I – Our Arrival!
According to Wikipedia, the Maldives consists of 1,192 coral islands that are chained into 26 atolls. Simply put, the Maldives is sectioned into 26 groups of coral islands. We flew from Jordan to Hamad International Airport in Qatar for an hour or so layover, to fly into the Velana International Airport, on HulHulé Island in…